COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

"To ask the Chief Executive if the ecological surveys carried out on the SDCC owned Rathcoole Woodlands, Rathcoole Peoples Park, and the GAA owned lands as part of the master plan preparation or for any other purpose, found 'Priority Annex I habitat to 91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior' and were there other annex habitats found on the same lands, and if so, what are they, and are there maps of same available?"

REPLY: 

A draft preliminary document on the ecological surveys in Rathcoole has been received from the appointed external consultants.  South Dublin County Council as a competent authority will review the preliminary survey documents to consider the findings and conclusions to further inform the master planned lands.  As the surveys relate to environmental information which is in the course of completion and therefore unfinished, it would be premature to comment on the content and findings.  South Dublin County Council in progressing any development of these lands will publish the accompanying environmental assessment as part of the planning process.